Read carefully Reading 2.6‚ ‘Works of Art from Benin City’‚ in Book 3 Chapter 2 and look closely at Plate 3.2.27‚ Plate showing four sixteenth century brass plaques from Benin’‚ in the illustration book. With close attention to both‚ discuss reasons why the ownership and location of the art of Benin have been controversial and continue to be so. The Places which home the artwork of Benin have and continue to cause controversy. They did not always as they did in the late nineteenth century languish
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Chinese Calligraphy Chinese calligraphy (Brush calligraphy) is an art unique to Asian cultures. Shu (calligraphy)‚ Hua (painting)‚ Qin (a string musical instrument)‚ and Qi (a strategic boardgame) are the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati. Regarded as the most abstract and sublime form of art in Chinese culture‚ "Shu Fa" (calligraphy) is often thought to be most revealing of one’s personality. During the imperial era‚ calligraphy was used as an important criterion for
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Christian art has influenced the world in many of ways. It has inspired many creations‚ from churches to crucifix. In most homes in America you can see some form of christian art in people’s homes. People consider christian to be sacred because the art tells stories about christianity. Even though christian art is sacred‚ a few artist have done some work that have been considered a bit controversial. Artwork like this would be considered not the oldest style of Christian art but still a old style
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Art & Culture Essay HUM 205 February 2012 Culture is all the forms of activity in a specific group of people who share traditions. It is the basis of all life. Art is how a person expresses their creativity and can take many forms. The four forms of art are the visual arts‚ music‚ literature and architecture. A visual art is anything that you can see and make observations about. The main components used to make visual arts are lines‚ shapes‚ textures‚ mass‚ form‚ colors‚ value and composition
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Arts should be important in the curriculum in all schools because it helps kids mentally‚ in and out of school. It makes kids want to be more involved and have a desire to go‚ on top of that give kids an outlet and get their emotions out. It also has been shown to help their creativity and innovation‚ finally it helps child development. The arts help kids mentally by giving them an outlet for their frustrations and keeps them from feeling lost and alone. An article written by Valeriya Metla on
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Performing Arts- Forms of creative activity that are performed in front of an audience‚ such as drama‚ music‚ and dance. Types of Performing Arts * Dance is a type of art that generally involves movement of the body‚ often rhythmic and to music. * Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. * Theatre (also theater in American English)[1] is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience
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Culture/Arts To define arts and culture all types of creative expression must be considered ranging from individual to collective and also from grassroots to institutional. Auckland Council. (2012). The Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute believes that culture as a word has become enormously confused. The denotation of culture includes the following six fields yet many more do exist; Language which is and the most developed channel of expression and yet also the oldest human institution‚ Arts &
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Women in the Art World Women have always been seen as an object to define the meaning of beauty. For centuries now women have been seen as the art piece and not the artist. There aren’t many women contributions to art from back then because women were seen as human beings just meant to cook‚ clean and be nice to gaze upon. Women weren’t recognized for their intelligence and if a woman was outspoken about it‚ she was either shot down or considered to be that of a manly nature. As Aristotle said
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Why is art important? This is a question many parents ask themselves when they are enrolling their child in school. “Arts education does solve problems. Years of research show that it is closely linked to almost everything that we as a nation say we want for our children and demand from our schools: academic achievement‚ social and emotional development‚ civic engagement‚ and equitable opportunity” (Smith). It is a proven fact that children involved in art make higher grades than children that are
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Art represents the way that human view the world. The diverse forms of art existent in this world provide reflection of the social and spiritual conditional of the creators; however‚ some are striving and well-protected‚ while others are gradually fading way. Each types of art has its own value and meaning‚ and‚ therefore‚ worthwhile to be valued and passed down. In addition‚ setting up a governmental funding would contribute to carrying forward those neglected‚ yet meaningful‚ art. Art accomplishments
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